Are you poor af ?
| my life savings consist of $166.30 |
| Not all those wander are lost. |
| A lot of the times yes I'm having to keep an eye on budget for the month but I honestly don't have as much to buy personally anymore. I realized at some point that all the stuff you buy ends up collecting dust on some shelf, what you actually need isn't that much. |
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| I prefer the term currency challenged. |
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| Unfortunely I am :C can you borrow me some |
I'm feelin' normal, I'm feelin' myself ♪♪ |
Bernkastel said: bills, food, insurance, gas, and more food.What do people even do with money? It's impossible to run out. You guys must all be massive spenders. |
| Not all those wander are lost. |
| I am pretty DrGeroCreation said: currency challenged. I honestly have access to everything I could want with my current access to money. I used to dumpster dive, most of my clothing was from thrift stores as a kid, Going out to get pizza was like going out to eat. I got dollar tree grab bags for Christmas presents. |
MiraniaDec 9, 2015 11:47 PM
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Bernkastel said: shamil98 said: bills, food, insurance, gas, and more food. Unless you spend like $100 on food a day average, it won't add up to that much. Not everybody makes a lot of money though... |
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| 60 grand a year income, about to put a down payment on a house, reno it and rent its basement and top floor out so it can pay off its own mortgage. Nah, man. I'm balling. |
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Yuriko said: I used to dumpster dive, most of my clothing was from thrift stores as a kid, Going out to get pizza was like going out to eat. I got dollar tree grab bags for Christmas presents. I am stil quite um Been really poor sucks, At one point I bought a bag of chips and made it last 3 weeks by eating only a handful a day and thats it. |
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| *Cries* |
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| I leech money from a lot of things. |
| Be thankful for the wisdom granted to you. |
| I live off canned chili and mr.noodles |
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| Not really, my job pays amazingly and I live at home with 2 people. So I am able to put half my biweekly paycheck in savings... lucky I am really. |
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| All of my money goes to food. Therefore I'm poor. |
| Try being poor and in massive debt too. |
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| I spend almost nothing except for bare necessities. |
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| video games and school fees make me broke as fuck im constantly having to eat ramen and cereal and other cheap shit like that because i cant afford anything else |
| I'm still living with my parents and I'm also working. I get paid a few hundred a week and I don't even need to buy anything with it. |
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| Yeah. All I do is spend money on albums and the occasional manga these days. |
| I'm still leeching off my parents. But I don't buy much. |
| Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons. It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth. -Walt Whitman A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. -Robert A. Heinlein |
| I'm in debt for college tuition, that's all. |
| Uni Student with barely any allowance but no. |
| I have no debts so I guess I'm ok. |
| No money whatsoever |
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| I use to be, now im not, but my health isn't that great as a result. |
| I have a self destructive disease inside that eats away at me, there is no place for it in this world, this disease is righteousness. |
DrGeroCreation said: I prefer to call it fuel units, you must have enough fuel units to live out your dreams and have a Lamborghini in the Hollywood hills.I prefer the term currency challenged. |
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| no get a job |
Bernkastel said: What do people even do with money? It's impossible to run out. You guys must all be massive spenders. It's obvious that you're a sheltered little brat with no responsibility in his life LOL. |
| I'm going to be broke until I finish my education and get a decent job. Bernkastel said: Isn't the average in the Western world closer to $4000? My mom makes half of that, and by the time she is done paying her bills she only has a few hundred dollars left to live on each month (which goes out the window very fast for gas and food). |
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| I'm a four digit person. Which would be awesome if I was some student, but I haven't been one in years. According to the official statistic I live under the poverty limit, a lot below that. |
Bernkastel said: Chiki said: It's obvious that you're a sheltered little brat with no responsibility in his life LOL. Not my fault if you want to be unreasonable about spending. A sheltered brat like you wouldn't understand how expensive it is to live nowadays. Cheap rents in the US vary depending on the area, but in urban areas they can go up to 1500, and in the suburban and rural areas they're around 750. Some of those rents include utilities but some don't, which means you can pay a few hundred extra in total. Paying for your own TV, internet and phone can cost about 200 dollars extra as well, so add like 500 to that. Car payments can be expensive if you don't own a car. You can expect to pay about 400 dollars in total a month if you're buying a car and have car insurance (required by all modern countries). If you make 2k dollars a month, you'll only have a tiny bit left to spend money on. That leaves very little money for food, and no money whatsoever for medical bills and car repair bills and so forth. |
| pretty much :( |
Bernkastel said: Why don't poor people just have more money?What do people even do with money? It's impossible to run out. You guys must all be massive spenders. Holy shit, you just solved poverty! Bernkastel for president! |
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Bernkastel said: Usagi said: My mom makes half of that, and by the time she is done paying her bills she only has a few hundred dollars left to live on each month (which goes out the window very fast for gas and food). Chiki said: A sheltered brat like you wouldn't understand how expensive it is to live nowadays. Cheap rents in the US vary depending on the area, but in urban areas they can go up to 1500, and in the suburban and rural areas they're around 750. Some of those rents include utilities but some don't, which means you can pay a few hundred extra in total. Paying for your own TV, internet and phone can cost about 200 dollars extra as well, so add like 500 to that. Car payments can be expensive if you don't own a car. You can expect to pay about 400 dollars in total a month if you're buying a car and have car insurance (required by all modern countries). If you make 2k dollars a month, you'll only have a tiny bit left to spend money on. That leaves very little money for food, and no money whatsoever for medical bills and car repair bills and so forth. I won't deny if your household income is near poverty line it can be an issue, but for the majority that's exaggerated. The median USA household income is 50k, that's more than double of the 2k/month quoted. There are a lot of low wage workers in America: According to the Economic Policy Institute’s State of Working America, a stunning 35 million Americans – 26 percent of our workforce – earn less than $10.55 an hour. The following table, courtesy of the Economic Policy Institute, shows the demographics of workers making less than $9.72 an hour: http://www.raisetheminimumwage.com/pages/demographics Second, you can be well above the poverty line and still have major issues surviving. For example, the PhD stipend for an MIT student is about 28000 dollars, but rent in the Boston-Cambridge area is extremely expensive (can be at least 1500 dollars to find a suitable rent). And plus: Bernkastel said: What do people even do with money? It's impossible to run out. You guys must all be massive spenders. Uh oh, your generalization in your previous post included just about everyone who makes money! |
Bernkastel said: Tomasz-Sama said: Then you can't say anything in this matter since you don't work or live alone which comes down to supporting yourself by your own actions. I do live alone. We all know you're a sheltered spoiled brat whose parents cover everything. |
Rat said: I earn about 1.5k usd a month which is not much but I'm unable to make more than that with the current methods and change is nearly impossible because as a med student I spend most of my time in class or studying at home (or lying to myself that I'm studying...). I don't want to affect my marks so I'll have to deal with this. Hey but the full half must also be represented - I barely have time to spend the little money I earn !) I live alone and invest most of my money in stocks and my apartment. Tried saving for a good motorcycle but fuck that, they cost like cars and I don't pee petrol. Lol you poor nonamericans and your expensive gasoline priced in liters. |
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